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Issues for Jan. 1, 1879-Nov. 17, 1887 called also v. 100-v. 117

Merged with: Public ledger (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1927), to become: Philadelphia inquirer public ledger

Description based on: Apr. 3, 1860; title from caption

Lincoln collection has 17 no.: Apr. 15, 17-22, 24-26, 28, May 20, 1865; portions of Apr. 14, May 1-2, 1865; February 13, 1866; October 28, 1868

Text in five columns

All except Apr. 14, 1865: Advertisements in each issue

Apr. 15, 17-22, 24-26, 28, May 20, 1865: Sheets, folded

Apr. 14, May 1-2, 1865: Sheets, detached or excised from whole issues

Apr. 14, 1865: Incomplete, only one sheet (2 p.), laminated in Japanese tissue ; Headline on p. [1]: No draft! ; "Continued on the eighth page"--P. [1], column [5]

Apr. 15, 1865: Headline on p. [1]: Murder of President Lincoln!

Apr. 17, 1865: Engraved portrait of John Wilkes Booth and map of Ford's Theatre and vicinity on p. [1]

Apr. 17-22, 24, 1865: At head of title: The nation mourns its loss

Apr. 18, 1865: Headlines on p. [1]: The great tragedy! The movements of Booth on the fatal day ; Map on p. [1] with caption: Mobile and its approaches

Apr. 20, 1865: Headline on p. [1]: Funeral of Abraham Lincoln! ; Illustrations on p. [1] with captions: The funeral car of President Lincoln. The coffin

Apr. 21, 1865: Headline on p. [1]: The remains of President Lincoln! They are lying in state at the Capitol

Apr. 22, 1865: Article on arrangements for Lincoln's funeral in Philadelphia, Pa., on p. [1], column [5], continued on p. 8, column [1]

Apr. 24, 1865: Headline on p. [1]: Our dead President in Philadelphia

Apr. 25, 1865: Illustration on p. [1] with caption: President Lincoln's remains in Independence Hall ; Illustration on p. [1] with caption: An interior view of the railroad car conveying the remains of President Lincoln

Apr. 26, 1865: Illustration on p. [1] with caption: The great national funeral. View of the City Hall, New York, and the hearse bearing the remains of President Lincoln

Apr. 28, 1865: Map on p. [1] with caption: Death scene of the assassin. Map showing the place where Booth was killed and Harold captured

May 1, 1865: Incomplete, only one sheet (2 p.) and a trimmed sheet (pages not identified, columns [1]-[3] on recto and columns [3]-[5] on verso)

May 2, 1865: Incomplete, only one sheet (2 p.) and upper portion of another sheet (p. 7-8, trimmed diagonally from top edge near spine to lower fore edge, with top edge of p. 7 affixed to p. [1])

May 20, 1865: Engraved portraits of Lewis C. Payne and Samuel C. Arnold on p. [1] with caption: Portraits of the conspirators

February 13, 1866: Our late president, his birthday consecrated to his memory. Abraham Lincoln, national honors to his memory, eulogy pronounced on his life by George Bancroft, L.L.D., House of Representatives, Washington, February 12, 1866

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